21.   It would stiffen penalties against document fraud, speed deportation of immigrants who commit crimes and restrict public benefits to legal and illegal immigrants.

22.   Last week, in a last-ditch effort to show some seriousness in the drug fight, the Colombian Congress stiffened the penalties for drug traffickers.

23.   Legislatures in Connecticut, Iowa and about eight other states are considering bills that would stiffen penalties for beating officials, says Topp.

24.   Meeting in a hotel in Irving, Texas, the United Methodist Judicial Council, the highest court of the denomination, stiffens the penalties against such conduct.

25.   New Hampshire last year stiffened the penalties for possessing and selling ketamine, classifying it as a Schedule Three drug.

26.   Novello urged the Democratic majority in the Assembly to approve legislation from the governor that would stiffen penalties for violations.

27.   Now fresh legislation is being debated in Parliament to stiffen criminal penalties.

28.   Now the New York state Legislature is giving some thought to tightening the law and stiffening the penalties for scalping.

29.   One of the changes the governor sought would stiffen the penalties for bootlegging.

30.   Pataki and Senate Republicans also want to pass a package of bills that would stiffen penalties for sex offenses and crimes committed in schools.